CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 1 Harvard men's squash (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) began their 2022-23 campaign in dominated fashion by defeating No. 10 Rochester (0-1, 0-0 Liberty League), 9-0 this afternoon at the Murr Squash Center. 
 
In his first collegiate match, Ishant Shah clinched the win for the Crimson with his 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-1) victory over Quinlan Jeudy (Rochester).

Harvard Highlights/Game Notes

• Harvard earned 3-0 sweeps in eight out of nine matches.
• Tate Harms and Ayush Menon tied for the least number of points allowed for the Crimson, both only dropping six points throughout three games.
• Ido Burstein closed out the day for the Crimson with a thrilling five game match.  After winning the first two games (11-6, 11-6), Burstein dropped the next two (3-11, 12-14) but was able to secure the tight final game (11-9) to secure the Harvard sweep. 
• The Crimson now lead the series against Rochester 14-5 having won the last six meetings. 

Results

Harvard – 9, Rochester – 0

1. Marwan Tarek def. Abdelraham Lasheen (Rochester), 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-3)
2. Ido Burstein def. Yash Fadte (Rochester), 3-2 (11-6, 11-6, 3-11, 12-14, 11-9
3. George Crowne def. Luis Enrique Moncada Gonzalez (Rochester), 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
4. David Costales def. Omar Zakaria (Rochester), 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-3)
5. Denis Gilevskiy def. Jacob Koeppel (Rochester), 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-1)
6. Tate Harms def. Emilio Carrillo (Rochester), 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-0)
7. Ishant Shah def. Quinlan Jeudy (Rochester), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-1)
8. Ayush Menon def. Tom Whiteley (Rochester), 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-2)
9. Neel Joshi def. Alejandro Porras Diaz (Rochester), 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-3) 

Order of finish: 8, 6, 1, 5, 7, 3, 4, 9, 2
Exhibition: Conner Stoltz def. Nicholas Gill (Rochester), 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-5)

Next up

The Crimson will open up Ivy League play on Tuesday, November 15, when they take on Brown at 5:30 p.m. at the Murr Squash Center.